Remaining politically neutral during General Election 2024


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System Posts: 125 Scope online community team
edited March 2023 in Benefits and financial support

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  • liliana
    liliana Community member Posts: 28 Connected
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    Hi, I am Liliana, please give me an advice  regarding  my ill retirement benefit application benefit has  been accepted,  could applie for ESA Thank you?
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  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,562 Disability Gamechanger
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    Hello @liliana, I've just made your post into it's own discussion so that our members can more easily find it. 

    If you retire early because of ill health you may be entitled to other benefits. You can use a benefits calculator to check :)  
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 56,405 Disability Gamechanger
    edited March 2023
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    In a previous thread in 2021 you were claiming Universal Credit, are you still claiming this? Thread here https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/86084/hi-my-name-is-liliana-my-fit-note-was-not-accepted-by-uc#latest
    If so then a claim for New style ESA will not make you financially better off because it will be deducted in full from any UC entitlement.
    Whether you’re entitled to ESA will depend on your NI contributions in tax years 2020/21 and 2021/22. 
    If entitled it would still be worth claiming because it’s not means tested like UC is so could be useful. 
    Have you been through the work capability assessment for UC? If so what was the decision on that? 
    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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